[PRCo] West Penn, Pittsburgh Railways, Penn-Ohio Maps

[Herb Brannon]

Sounds like a reason to have another "PRCo List Get Together" at PTM. The
mapping party would be the main event. Anyone interested?

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Stephen Titchenal <stephen at titchenal.com>wrote:

> Herb, I have the basics of the map in a GIS compatible format already. For
> a
> location such as Pittsburgh, adding digital elevation modeling helps to
> understand the line locations (as well as pick them out if still visible).
> See attached, or visit my website. Getting it geographically accurate for
> multiple time frames, single/double track/siding locations and location in
> street (center, left, right - off street) is a daunting task - especially
> for someone not from the area. I can see the data eventually being an
> interactive online map rather than a printed map. With a GPS equipped smart
> phone, I have already taken interactive maps similar to this "in the field"
> to confirm location information.
>
> If there is anyone that wants to help, I would welcome it as I am working
> on
> a much broader project than just Pittsburgh. Perhaps it would be
> interesting
> to have a "mapping party" at PTM one day, where the map data can be
> corrected with input from multiple experts and we can try to find primary
> sources for anything we are not sure of.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of
> Herb
> Brannon
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 2:55 PM
> To: Western PA Trolley discussion
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] West Penn, Pittsburgh Railways, Penn-Ohio Maps
>
> PDF's are no problem. I am fully familiar with the Adobe readers.
>
> I used the link Derrick provided me to download the DjVu. I'm still hoping
> someone will produce a "well detailed" PRCo track map.
>
> I have attached what my definition of a "well detailed" track map is. This,
> and other, TTC track and route maps are drawn by one of the members of the
> Transit Toronto discussion group.
>
>
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Herb Brannon
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